Sara Kassabian
Communications Specialist at EvergreenHealth Foundation
- Role
- Communications Specialist at Evergreenhealth Foundation
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Sara Kassabian
Awards and Fellowships: CNPA, 2023- General excellence, The Tribune staff - First place, health reporting: “Future of SLO County veteran treatment program in jeopardy:\'This can\'t get drowned out\'” - Finalist, enterprise reporting: Veterans treatment program in jeopardy- Finalist, health reporting: “How SLO mom beat breast cancer and became an advocate” CNPA 2022- First place, public service: The mental health care crisis in San Luis Obispo County, San Luis Obispo TribuneJudge\'s comments:\"This three-part series was terrific overall: The reporting was thorough and engaging, and the use of staff and provided photos was particularly powerful. The overview video and graphics rounded out a wonderful example of powerful multimedia journalism.\"- Finalist, health coverage:\"Hospital released mentally ill Paso Robles woman early. She was picked up by a sex offender\", San Luis Obispo TribuneJudge\'s comments:\"The tragedy of a mentally ill young woman who keeps falling through the cracks of the public health system is a powerful story. Just when you think it can\'t get any worse, it does. The tight writing and thorough reporting does the job of leading readers to frightening scenes.An emotionally tough story to do, but the writer succeeded.\"- Finalist, environment coverage:\"\'I\'m afraid to use water\': Rural Paso Robles residents drill new wells as older ones dry up\", San Luis Obispo TribuneCNPA 2021- First place, youth and education & finalist, feature: “For Children with Disabilities, Climate Change Brings Multiple Threats” California Health Report- Finalist, local government: “SLO County foster kids sometimes sleep in offices as family shortage reaches crisis” and “SLO County foster family shortage hits teens the hardest. Can you help?” San Luis Obispo Tribune USC Center for Health Journalism, Data Journalism Fellow 2020, The OaklandsideAcademic Experience:Masters of Science in Global Health, UCSF Global Health Institute (2015)Bachelor of Science in News-editorial journalism from CU Boulder, School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Minor in Philosophy and certificate in International Media Studies, with an emphasis in global gender issues.(20••••12)Professional Development: Podcast Bootcamp, Advanced Media Institute, UC Berkeley School of Journalism (2017) Certificate in Publishing, University of Denver Publishing Institute (2012)Software and Internet programs: learning git and R, Adobe Creative Suite (Audition, InDesign, Photoshop), Microsoft Suite, Google Analytics, Wordpress.
Experience
Communications Specialist
Apr 2025 — Present · Kirkland, WA, US
Education
University of Colorado Boulder
Bachelors , Journalism
2008 — 2012
University of California, Berkeley
Certificate, Podcasting
2017 — 2017
University of Denver
Certificate in Publishing, Publishing Institute
2012 — 2012
USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Data Journalism Fellowship
2020 — 2021
University of California, San Francisco
Masters of Science, Global Health
2014 — 2015
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